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Photos: After 20 years on the runway, supermodel Gisele Bundchen retires

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen formally announced her retirement from modeling on Wednesday after 20 years of walking the runway.

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FP Staff|Apr 16, 2015, 11:25:41 IST

[caption id="attachment_2198664" align="alignleft" width="940"]Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, center, celebrates with models Caroline Ribeiro, left, and Fernanda Tavares, right, at the end of the show from the Colcci Summer collection at Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen formally announced her retirement from modeling on Wednesday after 20 years of walking the runway. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2198666" align="alignleft" width="940"]Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen poses for photos during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Bundchen, the Brazilian supermodel who has been lighting up catwalks around the world for the past 20 years, is retiring from the runway. The leggy, 34-year-old mother of two has said Wednesday's appearance at Sao Paulo Fashion Week will be the last catwalk of her career. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine) The model and mom took a little walk down memory lane early Wednesday on Instagram, saying, "I am grateful that at 14, I was given the opportunity to start this journey. Today after 20 years in the industry, it is a privilege to be doing my last fashion show by choice and yet still be working in other facets of the business." AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2198668" align="alignleft" width="940"]Gisele Bundchen Bundchen, who earned $47 million last year, according to Forbes, says her body is telling her the time is right. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2198670" align="alignleft" width="940"]Gisele Bundchen "Automatically my body tells me if what I do is worth it, and it asked to stop," Bundchen said in an interview with a Brazilian newspaper on Saturday. I respect my body. It's a privilege to be able to stop." AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2198672" align="alignleft" width="940"]Gisele Bundchen Gisele Bundchen walking her last ever fashion show in Sai Paolo. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2198674" align="alignleft" width="940"]Gisele Bundchen She adds that she is not retiring from all work. She just wants to devote herself to other projects and her family. She and Brady have two kids, Benjamin, 5, and Vivian, 2. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2198676" align="alignleft" width="940"]Gisele Bundchen Bundchen 34, strutted her stuff for Colcci, the Brazilian streetwear label she has represented since 2005. AP[/caption]

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First Published:Apr 16, 2015, 10:37:09 IST
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